Edith Boston and doll

A 4"x6" glass plate negative, bust portrait photograph of Edith Boston, David City, Nebraska. She is wearing a long-sleeve dress with gathered skirt, and white bodice insert with ruffle and lace trim, a wide ribbon bow in her hair, cradling a china doll up to her cheek.

Edith was the daughter of Harvey L. Boston, founder of the Boston Studio. An accomplished portrait photographer, Edith took over management of the Boston Studio in 1927, after Harvey's death. She married Anton Proskovec in 1941 and moved to Omaha but commuted to David City on a regular basis and continued to run the studio. In 1945, she trained her brother-in-Law, A.C. "Prof" Hurlbert, to take over the business. She died in 1986.